CEDR

Beverley Vara

“Beverley Vara is a “very supportive and helpful” mediator who is regularly appointed to property disputes and cases involving professional negligence. One impressed observer states that “she was very good and skilled in moving the parties to settle” and “she was instrumental in getting the parties out of their entrenched positions.”” - Chambers & Partners 2017

Languages: English

Beverley is listed as a leading mediator in both Chambers & Partners 2017 and Legal 500 2016 for mediation work and was regularly recommended as a litigator by both directories before becoming a mediator. She was a litigation partner at Allen & Overy LLP until 2013 when, after 20 years practice as a litigator in the City, she transferred to the Bar to become a full time mediator. She has written a number of articles on mediation, appeared in a LNTV webinar on mediation and regularly gives seminars on mediation. The feedback she receives from solicitors representing parties in her mediations is that they, and their clients, appreciate her straight talking, practical approach and her ability to mix a rigorous legal analysis of the case with empathy to help the parties find a solution that works for all of them. Beverley mediates all types of commercial and private client disputes.

Professional Background

Beverley worked as a solicitor for 20 years, the last 10 of which were as a litigation partner at the law firm Allen & Overy LLP where she specialised in contentious property work and advised on a full range of commercial and private client disputes. Since leaving A&O in 2013, Beverley has transferred to the bar to further her mediation work and now mediates all types of commercial and private client disputes including property, insolvency, professional negligence and breach of contract claims.